Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years (Book)

by Jennifer Hawkins Opis This is a comprehensive catalogue of the Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass collection at the V&A, showing comparative material from all four Scandinavian countries. The history of the many ceramics and glass factories, their artists and designers is outlined against a changing social and political background. Scandinavian design, from the 1950s to the 1970s, was a by-word for modernism. Scandinavian style was the style to which all other designers aspired during that time and the Nordic designers were awarded all the major prizes. Earlier, during the 1920s and 1930s Scandinavian designers were establishing influential design concepts, and ceramics and glass production attracted many of the key artists. Masterworks are included: from Alvar Aalto's "Savoy" vase to Tapio Wirkkala...

: Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Zinn: Vom Jugendstil zuer Moderne (1889-1939). (Metal Art: Silver, Copper, Brass, Tin: From Art Nouveau to Modernism (1889-1939).) The development from the...

This is the standard and essential reference book for any collector or dealer of rare Irish Georgian silver. 369 pages profusely illustrated with...

40 Years of Danish Furniture Design is a four volume work of 1,350 pages and 1,800 pictures, each volume covering a decade. The author - G...

Published in 1994, this is the first book on Sven Boltenstern's jewellery. It provides a lavish survey of his work over a career spanning thirty years...

First edition Joseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths by Martha Ganda Fales. Hardcover first edition, 1974. Very good overall conditi...

Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring Swedish glass artistry. By Märta-Stina Danielsson, published in 1996. First edition, 444 pages. Text in Swedish. "but it is only the mas...

Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 96 pp. A great resource book on collecting antique silver...